Patents, Copyrights Boost U.S. Economy With Jobs, Report Finds - Bloomberg
April 11, 2012
More than a quarter of all jobs in the U.S. are with companies that rely on patents, copyrights and trademarks to protect products from competition […]
Treasury raises $362 million from TARP stock sales
March 29, 2012
The Treasury Department on Thursday said it expects to raise $362 million from the sale of preferred stocks in six institutions it acquired at […]
Study finds St. Louis’ economy throttling down
March 28, 2012
As the nation struggled to emerge from the recession, the long-sluggish St. Louis economy, for once, looked sprightly by comparison.
Now, as the U.S. economy picks […]
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AIG sells AIA shares to pay $6B off US bailout tab
March 5, 2012
American International Group Inc. is selling part of its stake in AIA Group Ltd. to raise $6 billion as it continues to repay the $182 […]
Fed
March 3, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams said the Fed should maintain an
Alton firm sees green in shuttered paper mills
March 2, 2012
Two entrepreneurs who helped resurrect a shuttered steel mill in Alton nearly a decade ago have turned to a green pursuit: recycling paper mills.
Green Investment […]
USDA to help thousands of rural homeowners
February 24, 2012
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will visit Florida on Friday to discuss a United States Department of Agriculture pilot loan program that could help tens of […]
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TNT posts 4th-quarter loss, no mention of UPS
February 21, 2012
TNT Express NV sidestepped questions Monday about a hostile UPS takeover bid, announcing instead an abrupt switch in strategy to focus on its European operations […]
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Building a better bean
February 18, 2012
The soybean. Just a humble legume wrapped in a funny pod.
But the beans are worth a bundle these days - more than $33 billion nationally […]